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Well, I would think the only problem if the nacelles won't go up would be that going to warp would disrupt subspace. I doubt that it will limit the max. warp speed of any Intrepid Class ship. But I'm not sure what problems would occur if the nacelles won't go down, maybe the only problem would be that B'elana must manually each time deactivate the warp field or create a subroutine that would do it.
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I've always wondered... Why not just leave them up?
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Because there'd be a warp field just twenty metres beside them, you mean?
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With the Intrepid's warp pods "up", the impulse engines fire along a different axis, presumably, the "down" position allows the impulse engine to fire along the ship's centerline, center of mass, etc. I think Sternbach said somewhere that he had always intended that the warp pylons move upward at different angles relative to the warp speed that the ship is travelling. I'm sure we'll learn more if and when the VOYTM comes out.
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I think that is relative to the old Klingon Bird of preys, and how their nacells moved accordingly.
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I e-mailed the Trek magazine about this warp pylon problem because they claim that the nacelles move up for all warp speeds which counters older claims that they move up at speeds greater than warp 5. My responce was a thank you note. No doubt a bot reply. I really don't expect a reply in the mag--its a bit technical. I did point out that having the nacelles move for up for all speeds and not set in a fixed position was like designing a swing-wing aircraft and making it subsonic only. What's the point in going through all the trouble?
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I've always imagined the wings' main purpose in moving up was for atmospheric flight and landing.
Of course, that begs the question of why bring them down at all. The only thing I can think of, and I think the magazine mentions this, is that it brings the disruptors closer together...
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Er...I was talking about the Bird of Prey, though, which isn't what Cargile was talking about, not that I realized that until after I had posted.
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